List of all cities and towns in Mecosta County
Mecosta County is a county in Michigan, United States.
The population was 39,714 at the time of the 2020 Census.
Big Rapids serves as the county seat.
Chief Mecosta, the leader of the Potawatomi Native American tribe who once traveled the local waterways in search of fish and game, inspired the county’s name.
Chief Mecosta was a signatory to the Treaty of Washington in 1836.
The easily navigable waterways soon resulted in a surge in the growth of the lumber industry.
Workers began settling the area in 1851, and the county was officially settled and the government was established in 1859.
Mecosta County is part of the Big Rapids Micropolitan Statistical Area and the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Muskegon Combined Statistical Area.
The county has a total area of 571 square miles (1,480 km2), of which 555 square miles (1,440 km2) is land and 16 square miles (41 km2) (2.8%) is water, according to the United States Census Bureau.
Here is a list of cities, towns, places, and villages in Mecosta County, Michigan: